48 Years Ago This Week In The New Yorker This being the second week of a double issue week, there’s no new magazine art to study this rainy morn. As regular visitors to the Spill know, I occasionally do some time-traveling on these off-weeks, and look at an issue (usually selected at random) from the past. I wanted some small
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The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: Bruce McCall downsizes the Chrysler Building. Here’s a link to a brief Q&A with the artist (bonus: within this Q&A there’s a link to his current exhibit of work at The New York Historical Society). The Issue:
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On this Thurber Thursday I’m going to link you to two recent James Thurber*-centric Liza Donnelly broadcasts. I’ve asked Ms. Donnelly to explain what she was up to in these broadcasts. “A few times each week, I live-draw on InstagramTV and HappsTV. Usually I draw something in the news, but this past Tuesday, I decided to share my love of
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The Monday Tilley Watch Takes A Glancing Look At The Art & Artists Of The Latest Issue Of The New Yorker The Cover: It’s been quite some time since we’ve seen a cover by Benoit van Innis; his cover of November 19, 2007 seems to be the last until now (if anyone knows of a more recent one, please advise).
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